[meteorite-list] Latest reported fall in Peru

[Michael Murray]

Hi all,
Sorry, I can't seem to reply to an existing thread for some unknown  
reason.  My replies all seem to go into a large black hole if I try  
to reply to another Lister's email.  So, I'll try starting from  
scratch on the subject line.

Anyway, what I wanted to ask the List about concerns the reports I  
have read from the incident in Peru stating they have recovered some  
of the impactor.   Were it a stony, would there be pieces of it  
laying about the perimeter as a result of the impact (in this case in  
particular)? What would be the chances of a small iron fragmenting  
upon impact and spreading pieces of itself about the rim?  My guess  
is that the object hit going fairly slow.  The target soil appears to  
be quite moist.   Could the material they recovered been simply  
accompanying the larger piece?  I guess I was just surprised that  
they come up with some of the impactor so quickly.  Nice crater though.

Mike in CO